Sooraj Barjatya never
makes a film without him, David Dhawan always come up with a success formula
with Salman as a protagonist and Sohail Khan, his brother cum producer
has occasional hits up his sleeves. Salman quite gracefully played second
fiddle to Madhuri Dixit in 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!' (1994) and Madhuri
walked off with all the praise. Soon after the stupendous success of 'Hum
Aapke Hain Koun!' turned over a new leaf from a chocolate boy hero to heavy
duty action loaded flicks like Rakesh Roshan's 'Karan Arjun' and K K Singh's
'Veergati'. With occasional teasers like taking off the shirt, which became
an instant rage, Sohail Khan was able to pull off a hit with “Pyar Kiya
to Darna Kya’(1998) which displayed shirtless Salman Khan with his antics.

Sanjay Bhansali. 'Khamoshi'
(1996) saw Salman unleashing his acting talents and depth. Playing a role
of a sensitive music composer in love with a daughter of deaf & dumb
couple, his acting capabilities came to the fore. He followed this with
another stellar performance in 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' playing opposite
Aishwarya Rai, who was by that time being linked to Salman, as his love
interest. Both of them have denied it time and again, and are keeping shut
about it.

In one of the most harrowing
times which cast an evil spell on his life, Salman got arrested in Rajasthan
towards the end of 1998, while shooting for Barjatya's 'Hum Saath Saath
Hain'. Charged for hunting down the endangered black buck deer, he was
taken into custody only to be released later. And the industry had a sigh
of relief as close to Rs. 100 Crores in production was riding on his shoulders.

But Salman kept quite
and let his work do the talking. Scoring numerous hits in succession, for
Salman there has been no looking back. His movie career has gone from strength
to strength and he has a carved out a niche for himself, which many only
dream about. Attempts to blot his image have had no bearing on his soaring
popularity and career graph. In fact his contributions to Indian cinema
can not be discounted for any reason whatsoever. He commands respect, love
and appreciation from his peers and other quarters of public life. His
qualitative work has found enough takers as well as critical acclaim. The
continuous streak of commercial success in the last one and half decade,
make his movies, a collector’s delight. He’s a movie buff’s dream come
true and an ageless poster boy who has kept the entire nation entertained
for years on end. Many envy his magic with people and his uncanny ability
to strike it with the audience. But all said and done, he has still got
years on his side and miles to go. For the time being there seems to be
no stopping, personally and professionally. There’s only one Salman Khan
and he simply goes on.